Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissured Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
Geology
Associated rockDiorite · Yerington Batholith
StructureYerington Batholith
Tectonic settingComplex Basin And Range Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037695
MRDS IDM035868
Alternate namesYerington - Malachite Copper Company
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.94491, -119.22154
References
KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 114 .MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .EINAND, M. T., 1977 , PETROGENISIS OF THE COPPER - BEARING SKARN AT THE MASON VALLEY MINE, YERINGTON DIST. NEV., ECON. GEOL. VOL. 72 , NO. 5 .1907 RECON MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS1910 RECON RANSOME, F. L., MINING AND SCI. PRESS1918 GEOLMAP KNOPF, A., PROF. PAPER NO. 1141969 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75F (2)